The Fighting Sullivans (1944) on Netflix
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In Waterloo, Iowa, Thomas and Alleta Sullivan raise five sons and a daughter, Gen. The brothers grow up together, and a brawl over their new dog Chiefie ruins Al's suit.
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Plot summary
Thomas Sullivan works as a railroad freight conductor in Waterloo, Iowa, where he and his wife, Alleta, raise five sons, George, Frank, Joe, Matt and Al, and a daughter, Genevieve, called Gen. Every day the brothers climb the water tower beside the tracks to wave to their father's train as it goes by. Their mischief includes a wrecked boat patched with mud that sinks in a lake, and a wood box built into the kitchen wall that bursts a pipe and floods the room.
Cast
- John Campbellas Francis Henry 'Frank' Sullivan
- Nancy June Robinsonas Genevieve, as a child (uncredited)
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- Johnny Calkinsas Joe Sullivan a Child(uncredited)
- Gene Collinsas Rival Boy(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
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The film shows all five Sullivan brothers dying together on the Juneau, but in reality only Frank, Joe and Matt went down with the ship. George and Al reached a lifeboat; Al died the next day, and George slipped off the raft days later.
